Tony Evers column: Teaching remains a noble calling

8:22 PM,
May 5, 2013

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Tony Evers

Teachers make a difference. From the youngest students learning to read to college- and career-bound graduates ready for their next steps in education and the workforce, it's classroom teachers who stand alongside parents in guiding young people on their path forward.

It's that dedication to the future that keeps teachers going even in a political atmosphere that put a target on their backs, making them the most scapegoated of Wisconsin public servants. The past two years have been exceptionally difficult with larger class sizes, all sorts of new workplace rules, and lost wages, ...